My Great Escapehttp://booklikes.com/photo/crop/50/50/upload/avatar/8/f/azure_8f9ffe97424bc5d5c54a1676639252b8.jpggwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com2018-11-19T23:43:29+00:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/rssreview2013-10-19T20:08:00+01:002013-10-19T20:08:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/641286/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
I would have liked this better if the author hadn't felt the need to contrive a happily ever after ending.
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review: Good fun!2013-10-13T00:25:00+01:002013-10-13T00:25:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/599134/good-fungwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
This series was a good quick read. Nothing too special or difficult. I enjoyed most of the characters although I wish that there wasn't as much stereotyping and cliches. There was some inconsistencies in the time travel universe (paradoxes) and not enough world building but for once I was okay with that. The book was light and fun and I decided to go along with it.
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review: Bah humbug2013-10-10T01:44:00+01:002013-10-10T01:44:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/581752/bah-humbuggwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
I couldn't be bothered to finish this. Maybe I'll pick it up later but I doubt it. I just didn't like the characters and didn't feel like the it was going anywhere.
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review2013-10-04T11:08:00+01:002013-10-04T11:08:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/557698/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
Just as good as the first!
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review2013-10-02T00:38:00+01:002013-10-02T00:38:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/540489/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
This was a very entertaining read with a few flaws. Unfortunately, the series lost a lot of its novelty and originality in the second book. Also, we didn't learn very much information about what was going on. I feel like a lot of the plot was sacrificed for the relationship drama. Despite all that, I still enjoyed the characters, setting and dialogue. I really like Kami and Jared's unconventional relationship. I liked the insight into Jared's character with his POV chapters. I'm also very interested to see how Rusty will develop. A solid 4 stars.
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review2013-09-29T15:18:00+01:002013-09-29T15:18:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/462529/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
As much as I wanted to like this book, I felt like all the magic was sucked out of the original story. Much of the original conflicts are gone and I felt like most of the characters were caricatures of themselves. This bothered me the most with Wendy and Hook. There was a good story in here but I feel that the story would have been better served if told on its own and not as a re-imagining of a fairy tale.
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review2013-09-07T00:00:00+01:002013-09-07T00:00:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382037/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comI also had a really hard time believing in a world where humans can survive with out any plant life except genetically modified corn that only grows in certain places. How is there still soil on the ground? How is there enough oxygen without plants to produce it?

The pacing was too quick as well. I'm not entirely sure what happened because too many things happened really quickly. For example, the main characters get attacked by three groups of people and two groups of locusts in a span of 22 pages. I also can't explain the fate of Zee. How on earth did she survive?

A solid 2 out of 5 stars.
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review: Different, intense and creepy2013-06-19T14:02:00+01:002013-06-19T14:02:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/498131/different-intense-and-creepygwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com
Wow. This was a very intense book. Once the plot got going I really couldn't put it down. I liked how no character was perfect. They all had there own flaws and surprisingly realized that they had flaws. I do wish there had been more development of the characters. In the beginning I felt like I barely knew any of them. They were just one sentence descriptions. For example, the daughter was the slut. Dylan Keen is the overworked husband and so on and so forth. Luckily as the book went on, I was shown more of their personalities rather than told who they were.

The plot itself was very creepy. I did like how the book got into all the ramifications of the plot. People dying from the plane crash and the power turning off are a few examples of this. Unfortunately due to the shortness of the story, a lot of things are left unexplained. Who is the man that is coming? Why is everyone staring? Despite the loose ends, I did enjoy the book.

A final word. This is an adult horror story. I would not recommend this to anyone younger. There are some graphic descriptions and a pretty intense rape scene. Also, I just got the feeling overall that this was meant for an adult audience.

All in all, a pretty solid 4 stars on the entertainment scale. Thanks to Nathan Robinson for providing a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! :)
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review2013-06-19T00:00:00+01:002013-06-19T00:00:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/520883/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comThe plot itself was very creepy. I did like how the book got into all the ramifications of the plot. People dying from the plane crash and the power turning off are a few examples of this. Unfortunately due to the shortness of the story, a lot of things are left unexplained. Who is the man that is coming? Why is everyone staring? Despite the loose ends, I did enjoy the book.

A final word. This is an adult horror story. I would not recommend this to anyone younger. There are some graphic descriptions and a pretty intense rape scene. Also, I just got the feeling overall that this was meant for an adult audience.

All in all, a pretty solid 4 stars on the entertainment scale. Thanks to Nathan Robinson for providing a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! :)
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review2013-04-20T00:00:00+01:002013-04-20T00:00:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382039/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comreview2013-04-17T00:00:00+01:002013-04-17T00:00:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382040/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comreview2013-03-23T00:00:00+00:002013-03-23T00:00:00+00:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382041/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comreview2013-03-16T00:00:00+00:002013-03-16T00:00:00+00:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382042/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comreview2012-08-13T00:00:00+01:002012-08-13T00:00:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382043/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.comreview2012-08-10T00:00:00+01:002012-08-10T00:00:00+01:00http://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com/post/382044/postgwenwhyfarhttp://gwenwhyfar.booklikes.com